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January 2012 Archive
Every post published in January 2012, most recent first.
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Tuesday round-up
With the Court’s winter recess underway, commentators continue their discussion of last week’s decision in United States v. Jones, the GPS tracking case.
Monday round-up
Last week’s decision in United States v. Jones, the GPS tracking case, remained a popular topic for commentators over the weekend.
Why Jones is still less of a pro-privacy decision than most thought (Conclusion slightly revised Jan. 31)
I want to return to Jones for what will probably be my final thoughts on the case for a while. In earlier posts here and here, I explained why the widespread initial reaction that the Court’s decision in Jones requires the police to get a warrant to install a GPS tracking device was incorrect.
Relist (and hold) watch
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relisted and held cases. Last Monday brought bad news for respondents in Ryburn v. Huff, 11-208, as we finally got the predicted opinion in that four-time-relisted case.
This week at the Court
The Court is on winter recess until the Justices reconvene for the Conference of February 17. Our “Petitions to watch” for that Conference will be available soon. The February sitting begins February 21.
Friday round-up
Today’s clippings include further commentary on the Court’s decision in the GPS tracking case, United States v. Jones, as well as continuing coverage of the challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
Thursday round-up
Commentary on the Court’s decision in the GPS tracking case, United States v. Jones, continues for a third day. The editorial boards of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Baltimore Sun all weigh in, while in the blogosphere Orin Kerr (at the Volokh Conspiracy), Jacob Sullum (of Reason), and Paul Larkin (at the Heritage Foundation’s Foundry Blog) also have coverage.
Wednesday round-up
Monday’s decision in United States v. Jones continued to dominate most of yesterday’s Court coverage. NPR‘s Nina Totenberg, David Savage of the Los Angeles Times, and CNN (video) all report on the decision.
Jones confounds the press
In this post on Monday, I summarized my understanding of the issues that the Court decided in the Jones GPS tracking decision and the other issues it left open. The case involves a mildly complicated area of the law. The alignment of the Justices also left the issues unusually opaque.